The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-11-23
Canadian Agricultural Experiments.

The following is summary OF the
results of the experiments conducted
at the Ontario Agricultural College and
Experimental Farm for one year:
O Corn fodder newly cut and drawn
from the field when green, cut into
inch lengths, packed into common,
rough-stone root cellar half under
ground, and weighted with six hundred
pounds per superficial square yard, can
be preserved, except adjoining such a
wall, for an indefinite time in a condi-
ton fit for animal food, at cost not
exceeding 81 per ton, exclusive of cul-
tivation. (2) In competition with Swede
turnips ensilage corn fodder gave tif-
teen per cent less milk and thirty per
cent less butter and poorer market
able butter in color. (3) Damaged
wheat can be very economically used
in the fattening of cattle. Nine pounds
per head per day gave daily increase
of two pounds per head per day, at a
cost of four and one-fourth cents per
bound to the live weight. (4) Rice
meal, in the fattening of cattle, gave a
daily increase of 1.S1 pounds per head
per day by the use of six pounds per
head per day, at cost of about seven
cents per pound. CO.. Barley-meal in
cattle-fattening requires large amount
of other foods in association, and eleven
and one-fourth pounds per head per
day gave daily increase of PA pounds
per head per day, at cost of seven
cents per pound live weight. Coz Corn
meal took the highest place in daily
rate of increase in the fattening of
cattle. Nine and one-fourth pounds per
head daily gave 2.3l pounds per head
per day, at cost of five and one-half
cents per pound of the added animal
weight. CD Pea-meal gave the second
best daily rate of increase at the
least cost of all the regular cattle
feeding grains. Eight and one-half
pounds per head daily gave rate of
2.2S pounds, at cost of five cents per
pound of the weight added to the an
imal. (S) A pure-bred Shorthorn steer
can be brought to a weight of zoo
pounds, when one month under two
years old, or daily rate OF increase
equal to two and one-half pounds pei
day. COZ Hereford grade steer calves
can be made to average Gil pounds in
23S days, or rate of two and three
fourths pounds per day. Q0) Aberdeen
Polled grade steer calves can be made tC
average 720 pounds in 273 days, or a
rate of two and two-thirds pounds pei
day. QD During winter ,000-pound
steer will consume daily ten pounds OF
hay, thirty-nine pounds of turnips, foul
pounds of bran and nine pounds of g
mixture of grain, upon which it will
add oil pounds to its live weight. az,
One pound of added weight to l 900
pound steer can be obtained from the
use of various materials that contain
eleven pounds of dry substances, chem
ically. Q3) BY large variety OF eX
periments with several classes of cattle
and many kinds of food we find thu
actual cost of adding one pound TO thu
live weight of 1,000-pound animal il
six cents to the feeder who grows hi
own materials and nearly twelve cent
when the food is bought in the regula
markets-manure and management no
considered. Q4) Sugar beets, weigh
for weight with mangels and turnips
and in association with equal kinds ant
quantities of other foods, gave tn
highest returns in feeding cattle, o
2.70 pounds per head per day. Q5
Mangels gave 2.3S pounds per head pc
day under similar conditions to tn
sugar beet.